CANOGA PERKINS 9175 Command Reference - Manual (Page 43)

CanogaOS Command Reference
3-9
You will not ordinarily enter an encryption type. Typically you enter an encryption type only if you copy
and paste into this command a password that has already been encrypted by a switch.
Examples
The following example enables the password “abcd”:
Switch(config)# enable password abcd
The following example sets the encrypted password “6c8fddf03f120287”, which has been copied from a
switch configuration file, encryption type 8:
Switch(config)# enable password 8 6c8fddf03f120287
Related Commands
cipher detect
service password-encryption
3.13 enable secret
To set a local encrypted password to control access to various privilege levels, use the enable secret
command in global configuration mode.
Command Syntax
enable secret password
password Assign the privileged level secret.
Default
No password is defined.
Command Mode
Global configuration
Usage
The password will be encrypted by the switch even if the service password-encryption is not enabled.
Examples
The following example enables the password “abcd”:
Switch(config)# enable secret abcd
Related Commands
service password-encryption
To encrypt passwords, use the service password-encryption command in global configuration mode.
To restore the default, use the no form of this command.
Command Syntax
service password-encryption
no service password-encryption